It is the present that gave me back my past. For decades they stood like dusty relics in a museum diorama, always there, with stories to tell, but rendered silent by the passing of time. “Damn the ...

Select independently determines what we cover and recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more. As someone who thinks about shopping and gifting for a living, it can ...

Scott Dudelson, 45, peers out over the shelves of Santa Monica vinyl shop Record Surplus. First opening its doors in 1985, it’s been his home away from home since childhood. While other kids were ...

I spent the majority of the 199os, my teenage years, in record stores. After school and every weekend, when I wasn’t bagging groceries at the local supermarket, I was digging through the racks at CD ...

As someone who thinks about shopping and gifting for a living, it can be admittedly difficult to buy gifts for me. However, when my mom bought me the Audio-Technica Stereo Turntable vinyl player as a ...

Tips and advice for storing, cataloging and sorting a very large vinyl record collection. I arrived two nights ago, and am still heavily jetlagged. Woke up at 2:00 a.m. yesterday morning and today, ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Grant Clauser Grant has been a consumer electronics editor for more than 25 ...

In the days of physical media dying, we're seeing more and more expansive record collections pop up online. While there's an entire industry of rare record buyers and a worldwide market of obscure ...

GATHERING DUST. THERE COMES A TIME IN THE LIFE OF THE COLLECTOR WHEN ONE’S PRIDE AND JOY. YEAH, BECOMES A BIT OF A PROBLEM. AS YOU CAN TELL, THEY’RE EVERYWHERE YOU TURN. LIKE MANY AN AGING BOOMER, JIM ...